Literature
Scottish Food Patriotism and the Literary Antecedents of Robert Burns’s ‘To a Haggis’
Author / Creator: Gerard Carruthers
Media type: Article
Date published: 2026
Burns' "Ode to a Haggis" shows criticism of Calvinst austerity and of culinary elitism.
Representing Scotland in Literature, Popular Culture and Iconography
Author / Creator: A. Riach
Media type: Book
Date published: 2025
This fascinating new study is about cultural change and continuities.
Poor Things: meet the radical Scottish visionary behind the new hit film
Author / Creator: Joe Jackson
Media type: Article
Date published: 2024
Alasdair Gray was a maverick and polymath – a writer, artist, polemicist, dissident and civic nationalist – who had an immense influence on contemporary Scottish literature and beyond.
At the Heart of Europe: a Celebration of Scotland's European History
Author / Creator: Billy Kay
Media type: Video
Date published: 2022
Reviews the history of Scotland's involvement in Europe through trade, education, literature, politics